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BLAST AT NIGERIAN SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
The militant group Boko Haram is believed to have carried out the attack, police said... READ MORE›
HACKERS TOOK FINGERPRINTS OF 56 MILLION US WORKERS GOVERNMENT SAYS
But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive... READ MORE›
US GOVERNMENT ASKS TOYOTA: WHY DOES ISIL HAVE SO MANY OF THE COMPANY'S VEHICLES?
The us treasury department has asked toyota for help in understanding why isil has so many of their vehicles... READ MORE›
TURKEY ATTACKS KURDISH MILITANT CAMPS IN IRAQ
Fighter jets also struck Islamic State targets in Syria for a second night Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's office said in the statement Saturday... READ MORE›
'AMERICANS SAVED MY LIFE': FORMER REFUGEES FROM IRAQ PERPLEXED BY US FEARS
Sindi is perplexed by the fears raised by American politicians over the vetting of Syrian refugees... READ MORE›
ANGER OVER LIMITED RESPONSE TO HOSTILE MILITIA TAKEOVER OF US GOVERNMENT BUILDING
'Oregon Under Attack' Anger over limited response to hostile militia takeover of US government building... READ MORE›
SUCCESS OF KURDISH FORCES IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
IN A FIRST, CHINESE HACKERS ARE ARRESTED AT THE BEHEST OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Intelligence and law enforcement agencies drew up a list of the hackers the United States wanted arrested... READ MORE›
'ISIS ARE AFRAID OF GIRLS,' SAY KURDISH FEMALE FIGHTERS DRIVING THE TERRORIST GROUP BACK
Isis is afraid of girls, according to the female Kurdish soldiers driving the terrorist group back in northern Syria... READ MORE›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
TURKISH GOVERNMENT CO-OPERATED WITH AL-QAEDA IN SYRIA, SAYS FORMER US AMBASSADOR
President Barack Obama repeatedly stalled on providing more support to the rebel cause, fearing weapons would get into the hands of extremists... READ MORE›
AHMED CHALABI, IRAQI EXILE WHO HELPED SPUR U.S. INVASION, DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Mr. Chalabi and other exiles founded the Iraqi National Congress in London in the early 1990s... READ MORE›
US FORCES RESCUE IRAQI HOSTAGES FACING 'IMMINENT EXECUTION' BY ISIS
After more than a year of setbacks, Iraqi troops have in recent weeks begun to claw back losses in the centre of the country... READ MORE›
ACLU SUES INDIANA GOV. MIKE PENCE, DEMANDS STATE ACCEPT SYRIAN REFUGEES
Singling out Syrian refugees for exclusion from Indiana is not only ethically wrong, it is unconstitutional... READ MORE›
KURDISH LEADER SAYS COLLAPSE OF ASSAD REGIME 'WOULD BE A DISASTER' DESPITE ITS TREATMENT OF HIS PEOPLE
Mr Muslim stressed the YPG was acting to defend not only Kurds, but all Syrians under attack by Isis... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISTAN PRESIDENT: TIME HAS COME TO REDRAW MIDDLE EAST BOUNDARIES
The political map of northern Iraq has changed drastically in the 18 months since Islamic State overran Iraq's second city, Mosul... READ MORE›
N.Y. JUDGE BACKS APPLE IN ENCRYPTION FIGHT WITH GOVERNMENT
In both cases, the government relies on the All Writs Act, a broad 1789 law which enables judges to require actions necessary to enforce their own orders... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF POLLUTERS FACE TOUGHER ACTION UNDER QUEENSLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT
Labor government appoints statea??s first ever reef minister as it steps up plan to avoid the UN listing the ecosystem as a??in dangera??... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES PLAN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE RAMADI FROM ISIS
But the Islamic State's gains in Ramadi also led to a course correction on the American side... READ MORE›
SWEDISH SCHOOL WORKER KILLED TRYING TO PROTECT STUDENTS IN RACIAL ATTACK HAILED AS HERO
At least three buildings being used to house refugees have been damaged in arson attacks recently... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS SUICIDE ATTACKS ON YEMENI GOVERNMENT, GULF TROOPS
The Houthis have long accused Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government of being allied to Sunni extremists... READ MORE›
NEGLECT MAY DO WHAT ISIS DIDNT BREACH IRAQI DAM
The Iraqis also lost their usual source of grouting material, which was produced by a factory in Mosul, now under the control of the Islamic State... READ MORE›
AMERICAN KILLED AS U.S., IRAQI COMMANDOS FREE DOZENS OF ISIL HOSTAGES
The hostages included 22 Iraqi Army soldiers and some former Islamic State fighters who had been declared spies... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES AND SHIITE MILITIAS RETAKE OIL REFINERY
Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces have been fighting for more than a year over Baiji, which has changed hands repeatedly... READ MORE›
JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS GOVERNMENT WON'T ACT AS PIPELINE PROJECTS 'CHEERLEADER' AS TORIES DID
The prime minister said it's not up to the federal government to decide in advance what projects it wants to push through... READ MORE›
BOMB BLAST IN NIGERIAN SCHOOL ASSEMBLY KILLS 48 CHILDREN
In February, gunmen killed at least 40 students after throwing explosives into the dormitory of a government boarding school in Buni Yadi, also in Yobe state... READ MORE›
ISIS KILLS HUNDREDS OF IRAQI SUNNIS FROM ALBU NIMR TRIBE IN ANBAR PROVINCE
Iraqi officials are trying to raise a national guard that would be led by Sunni tribal leaders and partnered with the beleaguered national army... READ MORE›
IF THIS IRAQI DAM COLLAPSES, HALF A MILLION PEOPLE COULD DIE
Concerns are becoming more acute as Iraqi security forces prepare for an offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State, the adviser said... READ MORE›
MASS KILLINGS BY ISIS FIGHTERS IN SYRIAN KURDISH TOWN
Dozens of Islamic State fighters were killed, too, the group said... READ MORE›
DESPERATE IRAQI YAZIDIS ARE JOINING THE EXODUS TO EUROPE
Desperate Iraqi Yazidis are joining the exodus to Europe... READ MORE›
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OBAMA DIRECTS PENTAGON TO TARGET AL-QAEDA AFFILIATE IN SYRIA, ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE FORCES FIGHTING ASSAD
Read more Syria's Jabhat al-Nusra splits from al-Qaeda and changes its name Is al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria no longer a 'sideshow'?... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS MOSUL CAN BE TAKEN QUICKLY, PLANS TO STRATEGIZE WITH IRAQI LEADER
President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will strategize about the upcoming offensive to take back the northern city of Mosul when t... READ MORE›
WHY THE PENTAGON SEES RECAPTURE OF SYRIAN CITY AS TEMPLATE FOR BATTLING THE ISLAMIC STATE
Conditions have worsened in the nearby city of Aleppo, Syria's largest, as rebels and Russian-backed government forces trade attacks... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY PUTS STAMP ON BRITISH GOVERNMENT WITH MASS FIRING OF CAMERON MINISTERS
July 13, 2016 Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, leaves number 10 Downing Street for his last Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London... READ MORE›
COULD THREE WOMEN SOON BE THE LEADERS OF THE WESTERN WORLD?
But the possibility that women could lead the United States, Britain and Germany at the same time is also a very real one... READ MORE›
BRITAIN, EUROPE SCRAMBLE TO CONTAIN BREXIT CRISIS
In London, likely candidates to succeed Cameron, including Brexit campaigner and former London mayor Boris Johnson, began sounding out support over the weekend... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS NEW US TROOPS IN SYRIA WILL BE ESSENTIAL
Obama said U.S.- European collaboration must extend to the threat posed by IS... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S HANOVER TALKS UNLIKELY TO YIELD NEW LINE ON VEXED ISSUES
After his spat with Cameron last year over Britain's Nato budget contribution, Obama may again press his European interlocutors to augment their financial commitment... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. WEIGHS RAMPING UP DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL FORCES TO SYRIA
But there are mounting indications that the momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against Islamic State... READ MORE›
KEY ADVISOR ADMITS FINE GAEL 'REAPING WHIRLWIND' OF ERROR-RIDDEN CAMPAIGN
ONE of Enda Kenny's key advisors has said Fine Gael is now reaping the whirlwind of mistakes made in its general election campaign... READ MORE›
A CEASEFIRE IN SYRIA IS PURE FANTASY
Between now and February 27, Russian-backed Syrian forces will make a last-minute push on Aleppo... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S HISTORIC EU REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ON JUNE 23
LONDON -- Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday that Britain would hold its historic referendum on whether to remain in the European Union on June 23... READ MORE›